N 479 Professional Development Grid/Plan

Name: Elizabeth Crose

Date: 11/29/15

In 3-5 years I see myself pursuing a career as a DNP in pediatrics

Area

Strengths

Direct
Patient Care
Leadership

-Ability to communicate and

work with pediatric patients
and their families.
-A genuine desire to work to
my fullest potential for the
patient
-Capabilities to work as a
strong team leader as well as
team member.
-Contribute to a positive
attitude and culture within a
team.
-Maintain a calm, optimistic
outlook in unpredictable
situations.

Unit Related
Leadership

-Ability to incorporate the

perspectives of the rest of the
team in Unit-related
decisions.
-Work well with many
different types of
personalities.
-Strong integrity and moral
principles.
-Ability to make effective
decisions in a short time and
adapt to changing situations
quickly.
-Ability to find optimism in
various situations.

Weakness/ Opportunity for

Improvement
-Confidence in practicing nursing
skills
-Improve communication
techniques, such as SBAR and
closed-loop communication for
code situation
-Confidence in Scheduling of
patient care activities for multiple
patients based on individual
priorities of care
-Increase knowledge of accessible
resources for help in various
situations.

Short term goals/ strategies

Present-2years
-Obtain a job in the PICU
-Gain confidence in nursing care
and nursing skills
-Gain further experience in
various areas of nursing through
floating
-Expand my knowledge of patient
medications and common/adverse
side effects

Long term goals/ strategies

3-5 years
-Further my knowledge of
various disease processes and
signs and symptoms of each to
better identify changes in
condition quicker.

-Inexperience in nursing-related
responsibilities to assist team
members in patient care.
-Inexperience in delegation.
-Solving of scheduling issues.

-Obtain a position as a charge

nurse.
-Learn to delegate efficiently to
team members based on identified
strengths of each individual.
-Create a supportive and openminded atmosphere within the
team/unit through a strong and
respected leadership role.
-Contribute to my
interdisciplinary team to create
more cohesion within the different
disciplines.

-Create a cohesive team that has

a common goal to intrinsically do
our best to provide quality and
kind patient care to each patient
and family member.
-Become an inspiration for the
rest of the unit to take pride in
their work, the team, the
leadership, and their influence
on unit decisions.

-Obtain PALS certification

-Subscribe to the Journal of
Pediatric Nursing
-Subscribe to the Journal of
Pediatrics

-Obtain CCRN certification

-Begin to pursue an education
directed toward becoming family
nurse practitioner.

Professional
Nursing
Development:
Organizations,
Journals/
Certifications
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Quan, K. (2009). 150 Tips and

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(based on
strengths and
weaknesses)

Tricks for New Nurses. MA;

Adams media.

Tricks for New Nurses. MA;

Adams media.

Leadership
Shadowing
Experience

-Learned and participated in

performing the various
responsibilities of a PICU
charge nurse.
-Observed the bedside
manner of the charge nurse in
ratio.
-Participated in a mock code
with other new nurses and
resident on the unit.

-I was unable to participate in

creating patient-to-nurse
assignments.
-I was able to observe the charge
nurse identify the need for other
resources outside of the unit to
receive assistance.

Professional
Activity/
Community
Service

-Learned and practiced the

skill of suturing
-Contributed to the further
education of future University
of Arizona nursing students.
-Gained knowledge about
acupressure, music therapy,
and reiki.

-Unfortunately, suturing is not a

nursing skill.
-Complementary therapies are not
as widely accepted in the hospital.

-Placing further education as

a personal priority of
importance.
-Gaining more specific
knowledge and expertise in
an area of interest.
-Improves the quality of my
patient care.

-Additional expenses to include in

personal budgeting.
-Allocation of time to balance
work, school and family.

Education:
Cont. Nrsg.
Educ. and/or
plans for
Higher Educ.

-Graduate with a BSN

-Pass the NCLEX and receive an
RN License.
-Obtain a job as an RN in the
PICU or other pediatric areas.
-Become a charge nurse.

-Become a preceptor for other

nursing students
-Pursue a doctorate degree as a
pediatric nurse practitioner.
-Explore research opportunities
in oncological studies.